BUSH CALLS ON KREMLIN TO AVOID FORCE IN BALTICS

President Bush called on Soviet leaders Monday to avoid using force in the Baltics, where an assault on Latvian police headquarters by Soviet commandos on Sunday left five people dead.

Speaking briefly to reporters on his return to the White House from a weekend at Camp David, the president said, "I would again appeal to the Soviet leaders to resist using force." He declined to answer questions.On Sunday, a White House statement had called the attack "deeply troubling."